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Short Bio:

Casey W. Robinson grew up in Maine and used to keep a shoebox of favorite words and phrases under her bed. She now lives with her family just west of Boston, in a yellow house overflowing with books. When she’s not writing, Casey manages book events for her local indie bookseller. Her debut picture book, Iver & Ellsworth, was a finalist for the Crystal Kite Award and Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award. Her latest picture book, Small Things Mended, is a Kids’ Indie Next Pick.

Longer Bio:

Casey W. Robinson (she/her/hers) writes children's books and poetry. Her latest picture book, Small Things Mended (Rocky Pond Books/Penguin, 2024), is a Kids’ Indie Next Pick. Her debut picture book, Iver & Ellsworth (Chicago Review Press/Ripple Grove Press, 2018), was a finalist for the Crystal Kite Award and Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award.

Casey is an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and served as Co-Director of the New England SCBWI Spring Regional Conference 2019/2020/2021. She is an alum of the New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf and co-founder of its Kindred Spirit Scholars program, which aims to help make the conference more inclusive and more representative of the diversity of New England. Casey is represented by Rick Margolis of Rising Bear Literary Agency. 

Casey grew up in Maine and used to keep a shoebox of favorite words and phrases under her bed. She now lives with her family just west of Boston, in a yellow house overflowing with books. When she’s not writing, Casey manages book events for her local indie bookseller, The Silver Unicorn Bookstore, in Acton, Massachusetts.